Happy Birthday, Sarah
Today, Sarah Gilmore (Ferguson) is 38 years old. She is my [step]sister. This is her 5th birthday behind bars, where she is serving 25 years for manslaughter in the first degree, assault, and gang assault. She killed our brother, Lucas Leonard. She also mercilessly, brutally beat our brother, Christopher Leonard. Chris survived because Luke died. Sarah will be in prison for 17 more years, at least. For some reason, our justice system wants victims to believe that after a seemingly abstract amount of time served by the offender everything will be better. I don't buy it. Not at all. The Department of Corrections and Community Service. What the hell can take 25 years to correct?? No, prison is punitive. Prison only causes greater pain, suffering, and destruction. That is not justice, and Sarah is black. Sarah's trial in July 2016 accurately painted her as a mother and sister who became a terrifying machine of destruction. Her rage was fueled by cult leaders and members who deci...